The acquisition of DeepMind will add a few key players to Google’s growing ranks of AI experts
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A World Wide Web for Robots Now Exists
Scientists hope to demonstrate the power of a “common brain” for robots
Remember Those Crazy Toy Cars at WWDC? They’re Called Anki Drive and They Go On Sale October 23
Anki’s eclectic experiment, dubbed Anki Drive, resembles a slot cars game — one that happens to conceal advanced robotics wizardry.
Robot with Human Skeleton Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence
Goodbye, Career: Machines Can Now Write Like Journalists
They can already play soccer and beat us at Jeopardy—I just didn’t think this day would come so soon.
Narrative Sciences, a start-up in Evanston, Illinois, has developed a sophisticated program that can write articles—typically sports summaries—in under 60 seconds according to the New York Times. Previous iterations of the …
Google Looks to Program Regret and Hindsight into Computers
It could be argued that we, as humans, learn best from our past mistakes. It could also be argued that the only way to truly live life is to sprint everywhere as fast as you can with your tie knotted around your head like it’s midnight at an open-bar wedding, yelling, “On your left! LEFT!!! I’m not even required to wear a tie for work!” …
Jeopardy Computer Pits AI Skills Against Humanity
Meet Watson: a computer with artificial intelligence capable of understanding the nuances in human speech. Watson is so smart – and so knowledgeable about humanity – that it is going to take on the grand champions of Jeopardy, America’s favorite quiz show. But more on that later.
What Watson means in the greater scheme of things is …
Can a New Supercomputer Beat Jeopardy!’s Best?
Beating a human at chess – a game largely dependent on probability and more algorithmic forms of strategy – is one thing, but can a new supercomputer developed by IBM win at a game that requires deeper levels of critical thinking? In particular, can a specialized machine beat the human mind at …
Freeze Frame: Caprica’s Sliding Scale of Humanity
Every Monday with “Freeze Frame,” we break down our very favorite sci-fi/fantasy/adventure moments – the scenes that we look forward to, that remind us why we so love this job. As you might guess, such discussions are riddled with spoilers. So consider yourself warned. (See previous Freeze Frame features here.)
Over the …
Caprica Is New Again: Creator Talks Battlestar, A.I., Cheating Death
Update: What did you think of the new episode of Caprica? Read our analysis, and weigh in on the debate, right here.
Given the love and passion out there among fans of Battlestar Galactica, I’ve been surprised by the muted response I’ve encountered when it’s come to BSG prequel Caprica. Maybe that’s because the original pilot …